Identification device.



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IDENTIFICATION DEVICE.

APPLIGATION FILED AUG.24, 1905.

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IDENTIFICATION DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 28, 1905.

Application filed August 24,1905. Serial No. 275,607-

of Iowa, have invented new and useful Improvements in Identification Devices,of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide means for supplying drafts, checks, moneyorders, postal notes, and the like with means for identifying the payee and for proving the genuineness of the paper. It is particularly adapted for the papers mentioned, but may be used on railroad-tickets and similar devices.

With respect to commercial paper the invention has the advantage that the negotiability of the paper is not impaired. The invention has the further advantage that the seal cannot be opened without mutilating the parts, and thus showing that it has been tampered with.

The accompanying drawings illustrate a check embodying the invention.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the blank. Eig. 2 is a plan view with part of the flaps folded. Eig. 3 is a plan View with all the flaps folded and sealed. Fig. 4 is an edge view.

The invention comprises an envelop of peculiar construction applied to the end of a check and adapted to contain an identificationslip containing a name or number or any other identifying or verifying mark desired.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 6 indicates the check proper, which is extended, as at 7, at one end to form the outside of the envelop when the parts are folded. Projecting laterally from the upper and lower edges of the extension 7 are four flaps, (numbered 8, 9, 10, and 11,) two on each side. These flaps are adapted to be folded over upon each other, the flap 8 at one side being folded over upon the Iiap 9 and the flap 10' upon the flap 11, the folds being upon the lines 12, so that when folded two straps or bands are formed. Two

of the aps are gummed, so as to adhere to the other two when they are folded over. At

the end of the extension 7 and beyond the flaps is an end flap 13, which is gummed around its edge.

. In the use of the device the flaps 9 and 11 are `folded over upon the extension 7, and the aps 8 and 10 are folded upon and stuck to said flaps, producing the construction shown in Fig. 2. 'I he identification slip or paper may then be inserted under the flaps 8 and 9. The backing 7 is then folded upon the line 14, so as to double or locate one set of flaps upon the other. The end iiap 13 is then folded in upon the line 15 and tucked under the strap formed by the flaps 10 and l1 and being moistened sticks thereto. This puts the seal of the inclosure underneath in an inaccessible position, where it cannot be moistened or got at without fear of detection, nor can it be seen from the outside how the parts are sealed or secured together. When the check is presented for payment, the envelop or inclosure is broken open and the identification-slip consulted to see whether it agrees with the advices received by the payer. As applied to the use of bankers a code system may be used to identify the bank and to verify the paper in other particulars.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by i Letters Paten t, is-

A paper having an extension provided with two laterally-extending flaps on each side and a longitudinally-extending flap at the end, the flaps on opposite sides being folded over the extension and stuck upon each other, and the extension being doubled or folded upon itself to bring said iaps upon each other, and the end Hap being' folded in and stuck under the inclosure so formed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES ROBERT WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

R. O. HAYN, CHAs. A. SnAToN. 

